Letters - Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain

Reference No:
L WH/6/6.1/07/04c
Dates:
16 Mar 1926
Description:
Letter from Winifred Holtby to Vera Brittain - South African Trip - Bishop of Johannesburg; Sarah Gertrude Millin; Oliver & Mrs Schreiner; Professor Hernle, Witwatersrand University; Advocate Lucas, ex-Labour MP, ComMissioner for South African Wages Board; Dr Stohr; League of Nations Union; describes an unplanned trip and interview by masked group of men, a semi-secret society organised against Jews, Klu Klux Klan; she was told about the group and how popular it was, even with MP's; Winifred was not impressed; anti-semitism horrifies her; is to see Clements Kadalie, Bolshevistic Zulu Trades Union Leader; fomenting agitation against the Colour Bar Bill; describes the current and future situation in South Africa; describing Sarah Gertrude Millin, her family and lifestyle, older husband, elderly mother, picture by Gaugin; John Middleton Murray; Katherine Mansfield; Sarah Gertrude Millin has met and knows DH Lawrence and his wife, Bernard Shaw; Clements Kadalie, The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union; Bantu Social Center; League of Nations Union
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull Local Studies Library
Collection:
Winifred Holtby Collection